service sshd statusOn the default Vectorlinux 6 and 7 configuration, this should work. If you added firewalls after your default installation, try disabling your firewall and try to connect again to make sure your problem is really the ssh setup and not the firewall setup.

After you got the server responding and you're sure it's not a firewall problem, post back and i'll tell you how to setup your key-based login.

service sshd restartTo have the ssh server start automatically when your computer boots, run vasm as root and go hereSERVICE -> SRVSET -> 4 -> and make sure sshd is enabled (it should have a * by it)after that sshd should start up automatically. The configuration file only controls the daemon's behaviour, not it's start/stop functions. That is controlled by